Anarchistic and self-trained, are street medics the future of first aid?

February 16, 2012

By: The Boston Phoenix

The Boston Phoenix-Vickie Sutton, a professor at Texas Tech University School of Law,
is the author of the book The Good Samaritan Lawsand director of the Good Samaritan
Law Project. She says that, with these laws, there may be different standards for
volunteers who are training themselves and marking themselves as medics, than laws
pertaining to bystanders and random civilians.

April 25, 2009: outside of the IMF/World Bank meeting in Washington, DC, police with
batons are attacking a group of protesters. Above a roar of chaos and confusion, one
activist screams in pain: stomped by a cop, he's suffering from an excruciating break
just below the knee.

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Vickie Sutton, a professor at Texas Tech University School of Law, is the author of
the book The Good Samaritan Lawsand director of the Good Samaritan Law Project. She says that, with these laws, there
may be different standards for volunteers who are training themselves and marking
themselves as medics, than laws pertaining to bystanders and random civilians.